November 23, 2009
State Assemblyman Tick Segerblom and his lovely wife Sharon hosted the first Flamingo Club Party in the west side historic Neighborhood of Scotch 80’s. The Flamingo club hosts a “get to know your neighbors” cocktail party […]
November 22, 2009
There’s 2 of them. Side By Side. Neglected and forlorn. I had a chance to get inside the Mid Mod to the north a few years ago. The tenant had the place on a lease […]
November 20, 2009
UPDATE: MORE PICTURES OF THE SIGN BEING INSTALLED HAVE BEEN ADDED BELOW. The Regional Transportation Commission is installing the new neon sign at the ACE Transit Stop at Casino Center and Coolidge Street (just north […]
November 18, 2009
I told you last week about the home in Paradise Palms that’s being greened and re-built for the International Builder’s Show in January. Putting things back together takes much longer than ripping out what you […]
November 18, 2009
Mindy Kaling Strikes Again – but Craig Fergeson has the right answer at 0:48 and from 3:10 to the end. Fall Colors: I was just struck by the sudden splash of color I stumbled onto […]
November 16, 2009
Somehow, I think I’ve ended up with the only collection in the world of Decorative Concrete Blocks. At least I don’t know of another. Lots of you have (or want) a wall of them on […]
November 16, 2009
I’ve been a lifelong fan of Mark Twain. I never knew that he’d written an unpublished play. From 702Events Is He Dead? A Comedy by Mark Twain Adapted by David Ives Las Vegas Little Theatre […]
November 12, 2009
I’ve been talking to them behind the scenes for over a month now. A subsidiary of Dupont, called Building Media is going to do a top to bottom rebuild of a home in Paradise Palms. […]
November 10, 2009
Many of the oldest existing buildings in Las Vegas are in what we refer to as “Lawyer’s Row”. The area was the prewar WWII suburbs of Las Vegas. Amusingly, it’s the area is between Fremont Street […]
November 10, 2009
Last night was the dedication and inaugaral lighting of the first 3 newly restored neon signs in the “Cultural Corridor” of Las Vegas Boulevard. Congress created the National Scenic Byway Program in 1997. The Nevada […]